Urology Clerkship
 
   
Course Director: Lawrence S. Ross, MD
Ph: (312) 996-2779
LSRoss@uic.edu
 

Prerequisites and Placement in the Curriculum:

Students must have completed their M3 Core Clerkship in Surgery; Year 3 or 4.
 

Competencies:

 

 

 

 

In the process of completing this course, students acquire the following competencies:
! Perform a urologic history and examination sufficient to recognize commonly encountered urologic problems;
! Learn the principles of abdominal, prostate, and external male genitalia examination required for common urologic diagnosis;
! Develop ability to provide appropriate differential diagnoses for symptoms and physical findings encountered;
! Observe and become familiar with the common diagnostic procedures utilized by urologists to diagnose urologic disease;
! Become familiar with the various urologic subspecialty areas and understand what compromises appropriate therapy for the most common urologic diseases.

Assessment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Program Number

Location

Coordinator

Telephone

SPEC 720

various sites as assigned

Lawrence Ross, MD

996-9330

Requirements

Hourly Breakdown Per Week

Duration

2 wks

Lectures/conferences/faculty contact

3

Night Call

NO

Laboratory/independent study

0

Weekends?

NO

Outpatient

12

Students accepted

Varies by Site

Inpatient

25

Housestaff used as faculty?

Yes

Total hours/week

40

 

 

Key Words:

Urologic diagnoses, urologic diagnostic procedures, urologic therapy.

Helpful Materials: none
 
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Please direct questions, comments, suggestions to:
Carolynn Crouch (ccrouc1@uic.edu) or
Deb Moulton (dmoult1@uic.edu)